Rocketdyne developed a lightweight kinetic vehicle with a
visible seeker, and successfully conducted a free flight hover
test in July 1990. Boeing is now testing the LEAP projectiles
in a hardware-in-the-loop environment (in space). The
government will use these test vehicles as pathfinders for
testing and conduct independent terminal homing simulations to
validate LEAP performance. These tests will demonstrate the
ability of LEAP to home on a simulated target.

Two test were planned for 1991. A free flight hover test was
conducted at the National Hover Test Facility, Phillips
Laboratory, Edwards AFB, CA. Space flight tests were conducted
near the end of 1991 at White Sands Missile Test Range. During
this test, LEAP was programmed to intercept and destroy a
boosting target vehicle (rocket).